MEMOIR Or


be expected of a French general At the same time a proo~lb
mation from him was brought me, bidding all citizens td regwa
as null and void 'that article of the proclamation of Feb. 16,
1802, which made me an outlaw. "Do nut Ifar," he said in,.
this proclamation, you and your generals, and the people who,
are with you, that I shall search out the past conduct of:
any one; I will draw the veil of oblivion ovc-r the events which:
have taken place at Saint Domingo; I imitate, in 0 doing, the:
example which the First Consul gave to Fran:c on the Ilth of..
November. In future, I wish to see in th. i-landl only good
citizens. You ask repose ; after having bornr the burden of.
government so long, repose i6 diue yodu; but I hope that in your
retirement you will use your wi-doin, in y,)ur moments of
leisure, for the prosperity of Saint Dolingo.
 After this proclamation and the word of honor ofl the gen-
 eral, I proceeded to the Cape. I submitted n y'telf to Gen.
 Leclerc in accordance with the wiih ot the Firt C'oaul; I
 afterward talked with him with all the- Iranknc .s ail( cordi-,
 ality of a soldier who loves and este-.cms- hi! comrade. He.
 promised me forgetiulnes of the past and the proriection of the
 French Government. He agreed with me that we hail bo
 been wrong. You can, General," he said tn me, re-tire to
 your horn in perfect security. But t-ll m.- if Gen. Dessalines
 will obey my orders, and if I can rely u.pon him I replied
 that he could; that Gen. Des salinc- might Lavra ault.4, like ev,
 ery man, but that he understu~ol military subordiniation. I sug'..
 gested to him, however, that for the public. good and to ree,..
 tablish the laborers in their occupations, as they were al the
 Lime of his arrival in the island, it was necessary that Geu,
 Dessalines should be recalled to his command at Saint Marc,.'
 and Gen. Charles Belair to L'Arcahaye, which hie promised..
 me should be done. At eleven in the evening, I took leave of
 him and withdrew to Ildricourt, where I passed the night;
 with Gen. Fressinet, and set out the next morning for Marma-
 lade.
 The third day after, I received a lttclr from Gen. Lecler.